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New York Times
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- Entertainment
- New York Times
No-Bake Peaches and Cream Cake? Yes, Please.
Good morning! Today we have for you: A very peachy dessert for the oven-averse A classic Mark Bittman corn and tomato salad Plus, easy potluck recipes that won't have you regretting being social Peaches and cream, always a dream By Mia Leimkuhler Tiramisù, that layered Italian dessert of espresso-soaked ladyfingers, whipped cream and mascarpone, is perfect as is. It is also perfectly riffable: I have Hetty Lui McKinnon's hojicha tiramisù on my must-make list, and the Thai restaurant near me serves a Thai tea tiramisù that I think about each time I walk by. There is a shallow bowl of fuzzy, fragrant peaches on my kitchen table right now, which means the tiramisù to turn to is David Tanis's no-bake peaches and cream cake. Instead of coffee, you dip your ladyfingers in a syrup of white wine, sugar, brandy (or rum!) and almond extract; commenters helpfully recommend using a regular simple syrup instead for those avoiding alcohol. Lemon-zested ricotta, sliced peaches and crème fraîche lightened with whipped cream softly stack to form layers. And like a tiramisù, this is a great make-ahead dessert, a glorious thing to pull from the fridge on a late-summer Sunday. Featured Recipe View Recipe → Classic mentaiko spaghetti: I keep at least two packets of mentaiko spaghetti sauce mix in my pantry at all times; when the craving hits for a salty, funky, umami-bomb pasta, nothing else will do. But every once in a while I grab a package of mentaiko sacs from the freezer section of my Asian grocery store to make this lush (and easy!) dish from Kenji López-Alt. You can watch him make it here. BBQ chicken: A (probably unnecessary) reminder that a big batch of Sam Sifton's BBQ chicken on the weekend pays off huge dividends during the week. His recipe calls for your favorite barbecue sauce; here's a classic one from John Willoughby, a gochujang BBQ sauce from Tory Miller and Elyse Inamine, and a hibiscus version from Millie Peartree. Corn salad with tomatoes, feta and mint: A five-star Mark Bittman classic for peak corn and tomato, because it won't always be peak corn and tomato season. Last weekend I arranged an impromptu park picnic with some friends, throwing together Genevieve Ko's white bean hummus and Ham El-Waylly's cherry tomato labneh dip in less than an hour (they're both very easy). The weather was warm and the breeze was light, and I thought: I need to do a lot more of this before summer ends. So if you, like me, will be pivoting hard to picnic mode, here are 21 easy potluck recipes you can make in 30 minutes or less. I'm really into this sweet and spicy summer fruit salad from Christian Reynoso, which dresses stone fruit, basil and tomatoes in a chile crisp vinaigrette. Thanks for reading!
New York Times
15-05-2025
- Health
- New York Times
A Tickle in Your Throat Calls for This Soup in Your Bowl
A tickle in your throat calls for this soup in your bowl By Mia Leimkuhler We're smack dab in the middle of May, which means it's time to play nobody's favorite game: Is It Allergies or Is It a Head Cold? If it's the latter, 1) I hope you feel better. And 2) here's Ali Slagle's chickpea noodle soup, which turns some crisper basics and pantry staples — carrot, celery and onion, as well as canned chickpeas, pasta and vegetable broth — into a soothing, there-there soup. You could of course make chicken noodle soup, but I never seem to have chicken on hand when the sniffles strike, and Ali uses a good scoop of nutritional yeast to give her soup that satisfying umami undertone. This recipe is easy, economical and 'perfect for a quick unplanned meal,' writes Brenda, a reader. Exactly what you need when a cold (or a nasty allergy attack) catches you off guard. Featured Recipe View Recipe → Chicken Milanese: I ordered chicken Milanese in a restaurant the other night, and as I sliced into crispy bite after crispy bite I wondered why I don't make it at home more often. Alexa Weibel's recipe will help me fix that. Scallops with bread-crumb salsa verde: Are scallops the prettiest seafood? They come in beautiful shells, are the creamy color of pearls, are both sweet and saline and take to butter like nobody's business. Christian Reynoso's deceptively simple recipe is inspired by a dish frequently served at Zuni Café in San Francisco, one of my most favorite restaurants in the whole wide world. Baasto iyo suugo tuuna (pasta and spiced tuna sauce): I'm always collecting midnight pasta recipes — fast dinners that make use of tinned (or jarred) oily fishes and a handful of other pantry staples. This Ifrah F. Ahmed recipe punches up canned tuna and your go-to marinara with xawaash, a seven-spice mix that includes turmeric, cardamom and cumin. Crispy coconut rice with tofu: Crispy rice is wonderful. Crispy coconut rice is especially wonderful. A vegetarian stunner from Hetty Lui McKinnon, naturally. Easy carrot cake with cream cheese frosting: No cake pans? No problem. Genevieve Ko bakes this cake in a half-sheet pan before slicing it into thirds and stacking the layers with frosting. To make that frosting extra tangy, she swaps the usual butter for sour cream. I've never met a Genevieve recipe I didn't love, so I'm really excited for this one.
New York Times
18-03-2025
- Lifestyle
- New York Times
Honey Garlic Shrimp, Mine All Mine
Every week, I check in with our newsletter editor, Mia Leimkuhler, to make sure whatever recipes I'm featuring here in Five Weeknight Dishes don't overlap with the dishes that Sam Sifton and Melissa Clark are writing about in our flagship New York Times Cooking newsletter. (If you don't get it yet, it's free to subscribe!) But I called dibs on the new honey garlic shrimp recipe below as soon as I saw it. This one was mine. It's exactly the kind of recipe I want to send your way every week: smart, fast and built on ingredients you may keep around. It's also the recipe I need these days. Can I be real with you all? I'm losing steam in the kitchen, a symptom of late-winter blahs. A fast recipe that punches hard on flavor is a good midweek win. (Here's another nice midweek win if you have a sweet tooth like I do: microwave Nutella pudding cake, a homemade treat in five minutes flat.) I'm living for the promise of spring (and spring food and spring break). We have an amazing new collection of spring pastas for you, as green as the shoots we'll soon see in the trees. Ideas? Requests? Email me anytime at dearemily@ I love to hear from you. Spicy sheet-pan sausage and squash; perfect buttermilk pancakes. Wondering what to cook tonight? Here's your answer, courtesy of Lidey Heuck. The early reviews are raves. I keep frozen shrimp on hand to make recipes just like this one. View this recipe. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
